Observer models and human visual detection performance with different targets

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 319-329

  Yang, Jian ^a   Cerosaletti, Cathy Daniels ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detectability index; Detection targets; Eye filter; Ideal observer; Luminance; Model test

Indexed keywords

DETECTABILITY INDEX; DETECTION TARGETS; EYE FILTERS; IDEAL OBSERVERS; LUMINANCE; MODEL TESTS;

FUNCTIONS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY;

VISION;

EID: 12144275383     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.535748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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